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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into operation on 7th January 2004.
(2) These Regulations shall have effect only for the purposes of any case in respect of which section 12 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (information required by the Department) has not come into operation and for so long as that section is not in operation for the purposes of such a case.
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(1) The Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 2 (persons under a duty to furnish information or evidence) –
(a) in paragraph (1) for “to enable a decision to be made under Article 13, 14, 18 or 19 of the Order” there shall be substituted “and is needed for any of the purposes specified in regulation 3(1)”; and
(b) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph –“
(1A) In such cases as the Department may determine, a person falling within a category listed in paragraph (2) shall furnish such information or evidence as the Department may determine which is information or evidence –
(a) with respect to the matter or matters specified in that paragraph in relation to that category;
(b) needed by the Department for a purpose specified in regulation 3(1A); and
(c) in that person’s possession or which that person can reasonably be expected to acquire.”.
(3) In regulation 3 (purposes for which information or evidence may be required) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph –“
(1A) The Department may require information or evidence to be provided under the provisions of regulation 2(1A) only for the purpose of verifying whether information or evidence which it holds, or has held, is correct.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 9th December 2003.
John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development
